Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I didn't know much about golf growing up.
-
The products in my bathroom are pretty minimal. Issey Miyake makes great cologne, and I use everything from Zirh, especially their shave scream. I really like Mario Badesco aftershave, too. It's amazing.
-
I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.
-
Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
-
Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
-
People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
-
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
-
Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
-
I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.
-
Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
-
If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it's good to have a makeup artist because they know what they're doing.
-
For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
-
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.
-
'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.'
-
One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
-
So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.
-
I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.
-
I was filled with hate and anger. But during my trial, something decisive happened: Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and it was an unbelievable feeling to know that there is someone fighting for you on the outside. Amnesty's 'soft' approach made me seriously consider alternatives to revenge.
-
The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.
-
When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
-
What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?
-
I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.
-
Smell can conjure up memories for me stronger than any other sense. Especially childhood memories. Perhaps because you were that much shorter and therefore closer to the ground and its smells.
-
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
